diff --git a/test/fixtures/echo.js b/test/fixtures/echo.js
index e5fc06b99c..abfdb32948 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/echo.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/echo.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 var common = require('../common');
 var assert = require('assert');
 
-common.print('hello world\r\n');
+process.stdout.write('hello world\r\n');
 
 var stdin = process.openStdin();
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-deprecation-flags.js b/test/simple/test-deprecation-flags.js
index 71e43d8ddb..3d50c097f6 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-deprecation-flags.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-deprecation-flags.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ execFile(node, traceDep, function(er, stdout, stderr) {
   assert.equal(stdout, '');
   var stack = stderr.trim().split('\n');
   // just check the top and bottom.
-  assert.equal(stack[0], 'Trace: util.p: Use console.error() instead.');
+  assert.equal(stack[0], 'Trace: util.p: Use console.error() instead');
   assert.equal(stack.pop(), '\'This is deprecated\'');
   console.log('trace ok');
 });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-util-debug.js b/test/simple/test-util-debug.js
index 1506e1af80..6d9c28a95a 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-util-debug.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-util-debug.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function test(environ, shouldWrite) {
 
 function child() {
   var util = require('util');
-  var debug = util.debug('tud');
+  var debug = util.debuglog('tud');
   debug('this', { is: 'a' }, /debugging/);
   debug('number=%d string=%s obj=%j', 1234, 'asdf', { foo: 'bar' });
   console.log('ok');